{"id":353903,"date":"2025-05-26T00:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T06:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=353903"},"modified":"2025-05-26T07:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T13:18:34","slug":"active-cases-of-covid-19-in-india-cross-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/active-cases-of-covid-19-in-india-cross-1000\/","title":{"rendered":"Active cases of COVID-19 in India cross 1000 mark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ghaziabad, India – April 20 2023: Ghaziabad A health worker collects a swab sample for Covid-19 test at MMG Hospital in Ghaziabad , India on Wednesday, April 19. 2023. (Photo by Sakib Ali \/Hindustan Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19 infections are increasing in India but there is nothing to worry about as these are not severe, Indian Council of Medical Research Director General Dr Rajiv Bahl said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bahl also assured that the government is actively monitoring the cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the latest data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India has 1,009 cases of Covid, with Kerala (430), Maharashtra (209), and Delhi (104) reporting the highest number of cases. Seven deaths have also been reported from Maharashtra (4), Kerala (2) and Karnataka (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Director General stated that the seriousness of the situation depends on \u201chow transmissible the virus is \u2014 that is, how quickly the cases are increasing\u201d. While previous cases used to double in a day or earlier, this time it doesn\u2019t look like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, \u201cthere is an increase in the number of infections. And we are keeping a close eye on it\u201d, Bahl said, while speaking to reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stated that although the numbers are rising, \u201cthere is nothing to worry about, as so far the percentage of severe cases, among all Covid cases, is generally low\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the latest data from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), set up under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, NB.1.8.1 and LF.7 \u2014 descendants of JN.1 Covid variant in the country \u2014 are responsible for the rise in SARS-CoV-2 cases in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bahl noted that these subvariants can \u201cevade previous immunity whether natural or vaccine-induced\u201d. However, their potential is less than the previous Omicron and other variants, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, he stressed the need for \u201cincreasing vigilance, and to be prepared\u201d in case of a surge in cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He informed that the Union Health Secretary, Punya Salila Srivastava, took a meeting to review the Covid situation. It was attended by the DGHS and ICMR, and \u201cwe are and will continue to monitor the situation very closely\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier on Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that guidelines have been issued to all hospitals and that the government is closely monitoring Covid cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have analysed the scenario and there is no panic situation,\u201d said CM Gupta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the Delhi government issued an advisory on the Covid-19 disease, asking hospitals in the national capital to ensure the availability of beds, oxygen, medicines, and vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All health institutions have been asked to send all positive Covid-19 samples for genome sequencing to Lok Nayak Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe hospitals must ensure preparedness in terms of availability of beds, oxygen, antibiotics, other drugs and vaccines. All equipment such as ventilators, Bi-PAP, oxygen concentrators, and PSA, must be in functional condition,\u201d the advisory stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Covid-19 infections are increasing in India but there is nothing to worry about as these are not severe, Indian Council of Medical Research Director General Dr Rajiv Bahl said on Monday. Bahl also assured that the government is actively monitoring the cases. As per the latest data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":353904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[19708,19707],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353909,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353903\/revisions\/353909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/353904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}